Indiana man dubbed 'Village Idiot'

[emad]

Monday, April 11, 2005 Posted: 9:22 AM EDT (1322 GMT)

STORY, Indiana (AP) -- The competition was fierce and foolish, but a man who accidentally sawed through a live electrical wire and topped that by wrecking his truck only hours after buying it earned the honorary title "Village Idiot."

Mark Carmichael's blunders won him the good-natured award that's been handed out for years in the tiny Brown County town of Story. The winner is whoever gets the most votes from regulars at the Story Inn's saloon.

Carmichael, the inn's maintenance man, won in part for an incident in which he cut through a live wire while using a circular saw to replace the inn's galvanized steel roof. But he also damaged his just-purchased 1998 Dodge truck -- the day after he got it.

His foolishness earned the 27-year-old a $100 bar tab.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/04/11/village.idiot.ap/index.html

[woofless]

1. So how long did they give him to pay off the 100 bucks?

[davidinalameda]

2. maybe he and Duyba can start a club

Village Idiots of America!

[tavalon]

3. Hey, that's Dubya's title! Give it back! n/t

[Reverend_Smitty]

4. I didn't know that shrub took up residence in Indiana

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